Media & Entertainment

  • October 21, 2025

    J&J Unit Seeks Sanctions Over Doc's Deleted Talc Emails

    A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is asking a Virginia federal court to sanction a doctor who it alleges wrote a false article linking its talc products to mesothelioma, saying the only explanation for his policy of deleting all emails as soon as he sends or reads them is to destroy evidence.

  • October 21, 2025

    Paramount's Claims In 'Top Gun' Credit Suit Stay Alive

    A New York federal judge has refused to toss counterclaims Paramount Pictures Corp. launched against a man who claims he wasn't credited for writing key scenes in the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick."

  • October 21, 2025

    CORRECTED: Widower Wants Restaurant Sanctioned In Disney Allergy Death Suit

    A widower suing Disney over his wife's food allergy death at a Walt Disney World restaurant asked a Florida court on Monday to sanction the restaurant, claiming it ambushed him with brand new evidence in the middle of depositions, after months of discovery had already been conducted.

  • October 21, 2025

    FCC Urged To Rescind Pulling Of Equipment Testing Labs

    Several entities linked to China urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider pulling their authorizations to run equipment testing labs in the U.S.

  • October 21, 2025

    Judge Slams Lawyer's Suit Over NFL Apparel

    A New York federal judge tossed the lawsuit of an attorney who hoped to sell unlicensed merchandise bearing NFL trademarks, issuing a scathing order that said the court would not be "entertaining" the plaintiff's "frivolous" lawsuit.

  • October 21, 2025

    Vivid Seats Faces Class Action Claiming 'Drip Pricing' Tactics

    Ticket reseller Vivid Seats is facing a proposed class action alleging that it used "drip pricing" to illegally deceive consumers by advertising artificially low ticket prices before revealing mandatory fees at checkout.

  • October 20, 2025

    Sandy Hook Families Oppose Reverting Equity To Alex Jones

    Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims have pushed back against a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to relinquish equity interests in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Free Speech Systems LLC, telling a Texas bankruptcy court Friday that doing so would frustrate their collection of more than $1 billion in judgments.

  • October 20, 2025

    Penny Stock Trader Wants New 'Scalping' Trial After SEC Loss

    A man found liable on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims he earned at least $2.5 million by buying, hyping, and then selling penny stocks in a "scalping" scheme has asked a New York federal judge for a new trial, saying the verdict form unfairly lumped his civil charges together.

  • October 20, 2025

    Judge Blocks DOD Schools' Gender, Sex And Race Book Ban

    A Virginia federal judge said Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense school system must restore hundreds of books and lessons on race and gender that were pulled under the Trump administration, finding the removals likely violated students' First Amendment rights.

  • October 20, 2025

    TikTok Must Produce Docs On Anorexic Influencer

    A California federal judge on Monday ordered TikTok to produce documents related to Eugenia Cooney, an influencer with anorexia and 2.8 million followers, in litigation over claims social media hurts youth mental health, and also instructed YouTube to yield documents on two of its witnesses.

  • October 20, 2025

    5G Broadcast Called Potential 'Force Multiplier' For Industry

    Advocates of federal policies to support 5G Broadcast said the technology can help cellular networks by offloading technology that uses 5G to broadcast television, and other content is not "in competition with mobile networks" but a complement to them.

  • October 20, 2025

    Zuckerberg Ordered To Testify At 1st Social Media Harm Trial

    A Los Angeles judge on Monday ordered Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at an upcoming bellwether trial over major social media technology companies allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health, but put off deciding whether he must testify at future bellwether trials.

  • October 20, 2025

    OpenAI Says It Owes Musk Nothing In For-Profit Move

    OpenAI and Microsoft have asked a California federal court to avoid trial on claims that OpenAI duped Elon Musk into donating $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, arguing no such promises were made and that the billionaire's money came without strings or control.

  • October 20, 2025

    Ill. Judge Grills Immigration Officials Over Use Of Force

    Two immigration officials defended their agencies' recent use of force during the Trump administration's ongoing enforcement crackdown in Chicago on Monday, taking the stand after an Illinois federal judge expressed concern that they were violating her earlier order temporarily barring them from using allegedly violent silencing tactics against the media and peaceful protesters.

  • October 20, 2025

    Tax Startup CEO Swindled $13M From Investors, SEC Says

    The CEO of a defunct tax-compliance startup lied to investors as she raised $13 million for her company, overstating its revenues by almost 900 times and falsely claiming she was a certified public accountant, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday in California federal court.

  • October 20, 2025

    'A Total Mess': Judge Slams Calif. Privacy Law's Ambiguity

    California's Invasion of Privacy Act "is a total mess" that routinely requires courts to make "borderline impossible" decisions about how to apply the law's language to new technologies, a San Francisco federal judge commented in an order Friday, pleading for state lawmakers to bring the law into the 21st century.

  • October 20, 2025

    RELX Escapes Ex-Employee's Greenwashing, Retaliation Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge has tossed a suit accusing RELX PLC of retaliating against a former employee and committing securities fraud by making business decisions that contradicted environmentally minded pledges made to investors, ruling that the employee missed the window to file a charge related to his termination.

  • October 20, 2025

    TikTok Urges Nix Of Wash. Applicant's Pay Transparency Suit

    TikTok urged a Washington state court to toss an applicant's proposed class action claiming the video platform failed to include salary information in job listings, arguing the worker leading the case and dozens of others couldn't show he was harmed by the omission.

  • October 20, 2025

    Judge Ends Songwriters' 'Funk Rave' Suit Against Pop Star

    A Florida federal judge on Monday permanently dismissed a suit from two songwriters who claimed that Brazilian pop star Anitta had copied their work in her song "Funk Rave," saying the songwriters had three chances to state their claims but had failed to adequately do so.

  • October 20, 2025

    Reggaeton Copyright Clash Sparks Dueling Sanctions Bids

    Attorneys in a copyright lawsuit about the origins of Reggaeton are embroiled in competing motions for sanctions, with lawyers representing Jamaican musicians — who accuse the genre's leading stars of infringement — arguing that the court's ire should be directed at opposing counsel's recent sanctions request over allegedly fabricated quotes.

  • October 20, 2025

    DC Says It's Ready To Pick Subgrantees For BEAD Money

    The District of Columbia has received the green light from the federal government on how it plans to use its $100 million slice of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program pie after a Trump administration revamp of the program made all the states and territories rework their proposals.

  • October 20, 2025

    Meta Faces Massive Cut To $167M Win Over WhatsApp Hack

    A California federal judge said Friday that WhatsApp parent Meta must either accept a cut of its $167.25 million punitive damages win against spyware-maker NSO Group to $4 million or go to trial again over the proper amount of damages, concluding that the amount awarded by a jury was "excessive."

  • October 20, 2025

    Squires Gives Entropic Chance To Save Patent Claims

    The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has to take another look at certain claims the board found invalid in an Entropic Communications local area network patent challenged by Dish Network.

  • October 20, 2025

    Radio Co. Challenges Nielsen's National-Local Data 'Tying'

    Cumulus Media sued Nielsen in New York federal court last week, as the local and national radio network owner seeks temporary and lasting blocks on a new ratings data policy Cumulus says entrenches Nielsen's monopolies by conditioning comprehensive nationwide data on subscriptions to the data for local geographies.

  • October 20, 2025

    Trump Media Aims To DQ Gunster In Fight With Investors

    Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, is fighting with investors over whether Gunster should be allowed to represent them against the company's lawsuit over taking the business public in light of a Florida state judge's ties to the firm.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

  • What Novel NIL Suit Reveals About College Sports Landscape

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    A first-of-its-kind name, image and likeness lawsuit — recently filed in Wisconsin state court by the University of Wisconsin-Madison against the University of Miami — highlights new challenges and risks following the NCAA’s landmark agreement to allow schools to make NIL deals and share revenue with student-athletes, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management

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    Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.

  • Privacy Policy Lessons After Google App Data Verdict

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    In Rodriguez v. Google, a California federal jury recently found that Google unlawfully invaded app users' privacy by collecting, using and disclosing pseudonymized data, highlighting the complex interplay between nonpersonalized data and customers' understanding of privacy policy choices, says Beth Waller at Woods Rogers.

  • How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities

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    A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.

  • Recent Precedent May Aid In Defending Ad Tech Class Actions

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    An emergent line of appellate court precedent regarding the indecipherability of anonymized advertising technology transmissions can be used as a powerful tool to counteract the explosion of advertising technology class actions under myriad statutory theories, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Key Points From DOJ's New DeFi Enforcement Outline

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    Recent remarks by the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division head Matthew Galeotti reveal several issues that the decentralized finance industry should address in order to minimize risk, including developers' role in evaluating protocols and the importance of illicit finance risk assessments, says Drew Rolle at Alston & Bird.

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    Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law

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    Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.

  • 7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

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    For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.

  • FTC's Reseller Suit Highlights Larger Ticket Platform Issues

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    Taken together, the recent Federal Trade Commission lawsuit and Ticketmaster's recent antitrust woes demonstrate that federal enforcers are testing the resilience of antitrust and consumer-protection frameworks in an evolving, tech-driven marketplace, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

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    As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

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    Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning

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    A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision that a postconfirmation litigation trust has no obligations to repay a completely drawn down $2 million litigation funding agreement serves as a warning for estate administrators and funders to properly disclose the intended financing, say attorneys at Kleinberg Kaplan.

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